The Breakfast Club Reviews

While I slightly prefer Planes, Trains and Automobiles, this along with Ferris Bueller's Day Off is one of John Hughes' better films. It isn't a perfect film I agree as admittedly the characters are clichéd and there are minor logic lapses, but here's the thing- the more I see The Breakfast Club the more I like it. It still has its freshness, and while I never had a detention when I was in school even from what I've heard from people who have this actually makes detentions cool. And it is still relevant not only to the teenagers back then but now too, it does ring true a vast majority of the time what with its justified grievances, self-pitying whinges and hard-hitting home truths. The cinematography is nice and fluid, typical Hughes really, and the soundtrack adds to the film's coolness. Hughes directs wonderfully, and the script and story are well written and I think memorable. While their characters are clichéd, that I agree, the cast do a great job with what they have. Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall and especially Molly Ringwald give very appealing performances and interact well together. In conclusion, I love this film, while not perfect I like it more every time I see it. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Encantadora/realista película sobre las interesantes vidas de estos jóvenes con una crítica a modo de enseñanza y cómica cuando debe.

'The Breakfast Club' is a brilliant film! It's perhaps best for its target audience of teenagers, teens probably love comedy-drama films and this film dramatically and funnily mixes drama and comedy!

The film features a talented cast including under 18 actors (30 years ago :) such as Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald. The rest of the cast are also really good! The plotting is pretty intelligent. Most of the best films have a plot for adults, this one is a dramatic plot coupled with a dramatic, touching, hilarious script!

Five students are in Saturday detention, towards the end, some reveal what they're in for! This scene is sad and touching! The film takes on some really adult themes too though, such as John Bender (Judd Nelson)'s drug possession! The character of Richard Vernon (Paul Gleason) is strict, determined and at brief points a bully! The five teens are different but become friends in the end!

It sort of seems to me that this film may have inspired some of the character for Bart Simpson from 'The Simpsons', due to stuff such as John saying "Eat my shorts!" to the principal and Andrew (Emilio Estevez) getting detention for taping someone's buns together (similar to Bart being thrown out a camp for super gluing his counselor's butt cheeks together, but then that was a 'Family Guy' episode rather than 'The Simpsons')

This film features a brilliant plot and acting, and where it fails is the score! While the film is mainly brilliant, it could manage without the score! The songs are kind of poor quality and pretty forgettable (apart from 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' which is a great song)! But apart from that, this is one of the best films of the 1980's, and definitely a must-see for all teens!

Five different
stereotypes who happen to be high school students meet in detention, where they
pour their hearts out to each other, and
discover how they have a lot more in
common than they thought. (97 mins.)

I already saw this movie but, since it was a while back and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out again. Personally, I always had a rather hard time with John Hugues. Indeed, by now, I have seen almost all his directing efforts and none of his movies really impressed me. However, there was one notable exception and it is this flick which was indeed quite amazing. First of all, it was the first movie directed by Hughes that I saw so maybe I wasn’t fed up yet with his directing style. Above all, I thought it was the only movie he made for which I thoroughly enjoyed the tone. Indeed, usually, I think the plots he develops are utterly childish and hardly entertaining. This time, even though there were some funny moments, there were also some rather grim scenes and the balance between these moods was very well done. On top of that, the characters, who are usually terribly underwhelming in his work, were very well written, quite complex and rather fascinating to behold. It has always been said that John Hughes was great at creating some compelling portrayals of teenagers but I rather disagree. In my opinion, his teenagers are usually some underwhelming walking clichés but, in this movie, I have to admit it, he got it right though and gave the right amount of self-righteousness, arrogance and lack of self-esteem and confidence. Well, after all these years, even though it has been criticized that it didn't age well, I actually don't agree and, in my opinion, it is still one of the best movies about teenagers. The only issue might be the lack of minority representation since all these kids were White and straight but I guess John Hugues wanted to write about the people he actually knew something about. Anyway, to conclude, I thought it was a really good flick, it deserves its reputation and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

Classic '80s film! Just a simple setting about students spending a weekend in detention, but becomes much deeper than that. This film is amazing! Not to mention, funny! I love the principal!

I think that I saw this before, in school. And I don't blame them, (so to speak), although I suppose that they must have censored it, or something.

"I can't believe that this is happening to me."

And it is funny that they released this on, what-- the Ides of February?

Although I certainly can believe that it's not a bridge club, because you need four people for bridge, not five.

(8/10)

The merit of the movie is that for the first time the teenager was portrayed as really is: his anxieties, insecurities, frustrations and fears were characterized in a surprising manner and with a simple and catchy language. The film makes us reflect on the consequences of poor education and as the father and mother figure is important for the balance of the teenager who somehow is thrown into a world full of doubts and insecurities accompanied with a hint of fear and frustration. Without a doubt is the definitive teen movie, being for the perfect timing, by the sharped performances or by the soundtrack of 80 years, rocked by the hit “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” performed by the Scottish band Simple Minds, which was composed especially for the film. Indeed it is impossible to forget this classic.

The Breakfast Club is about a group of students who wind up serving detention on a Saturday for their mishaps. There's the jock, a princess, a rebel, a basket case and a brain. I liked this one because it was definitely interesting to see what they do on a Saturday in detention. Judd Nelson is funny as the rebel. Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy are sexy as the princess and the basket case. Anthony Michael Hall and Emilio Estevez are the cool ones as the brain and the jock. This movie is great if you can hack the corny eightiesness that occasionally pops its head up. When I first saw it (in the eighties) I actually thought it would be cool to have group detention on a weekend. Now I have a laugh and think, "damn I took myself seriously then". And that is what is great about the film. The issues may not seem deep to adults who have mortgages etc. But there is still something that teenagers (whether in the 80s, 90s or 00s) see of themselves in this movie, that have kept it as a cult classic.

This is a classic teenage film that I have wanted to watch for quite a while because I have heard and read so many positive reviews. This is probably the oldest film aimed at teenagers as well as adults; like before all of the American Pie films, Juno, Knocked Up etc. The Breakfast Club is a very funny film that does teach a lot about people and their differences regarding appearance but shows how much people have in common when discussing their personal lives regarding their family. It was quite an emotional film which did actually surprise me! I really love films that are set in one single day like this one was. The Breakfast Club is one of the very first films that are aimed at teenagers as well as adults.


The Breakfast Club tells the story of five teenagers in high school who are all very different regarding interests and behaviour. The acting from all five actors was all absolutely fantastic!! Judd Nelson's performance is definitely the best out of the five actors because he was the most emotional, the funniest actor as well as playing the most fascinating character within the film. I thought that the message that was sent out was absolutely terrific! Everybody does have their differences but they do have their similarities too.


Overall, The Breakfast Club is a very enjoyable film that always will be remembered as a classic for many generations to come.